Traveling Through the Tokyo Bubble Era

Chapter 1027 Taken advantage of

October 29th.

Hideki Yuzuru, who woke up a little later than usual, had just entered the cruise ship restaurant when he saw Luo Zhaohui, Liu Luanxiong, and Cheng Long, whom he had parted ways with the night before, sitting with Deng Jiaming and Zhao San Gongzi having breakfast.

Hideki Hanyu got his food and sat down with the others. Upon closer inspection, he noticed that they all looked exhausted and listless.

"You all look so energetic, it seems you must have slept very well last night."

As soon as Hideki Yuzuru finished his teasing remark, Young Master Zhao smiled wryly.

"Hanyu, don't joke around. You're the one who looks to be in good spirits."

Cheng Long followed up, saying, "We haven't rested since we parted ways last night."

Hideki Hanyu asked curiously, "What did you guys do last night?"

Upon hearing this, he saw the group of men exchange awkward glances, their expressions revealing a hint of embarrassment.

Seeing their expressions, Hideki Yuzuru guessed that these guys were up to no good, so he didn't press them for details.

Luo Zhaohui seized the opportunity to change the subject, "Boss, where's that beauty from last night?"

Hideki Yuzuru knew the question was directed at Chen Heng and replied, "He's resting in the cabin."

Luo Zhaohui immediately flattered in a cheeky manner, "As expected of a big shot, we can't compare at all."

Hideki Hanyu ignored the guy and said to the others, "Go and rest after breakfast. Do you have any plans for tonight?"

Young Master Zhao immediately confirmed, "We will dock at Xiangshan'ao this afternoon, then everyone can disembark and go sightseeing, and return to Hong Kong tomorrow morning."

Hideki Hanyu: "See you tonight, everyone."

After getting rid of those guys, Hideki Yuzuru had just finished breakfast and was thinking about where to relax when he was suddenly stopped by Pan Disheng.

"Sir, are you going to mainland China after returning to Hong Kong tomorrow?"

Hideki Hanyu replied, "Yes, I attended the completion ceremony of a real estate project I invested in in Shanghai."

Pan Disheng extended an invitation, "How about we find a place to talk?"

"Okay," Hideki Yuzuru agreed.

The two then sat down at a table on the upper deck.

After ordering drinks from the waiter, Hideki Yuzuru asked directly, "What would you like to talk about, Mr. Han?"

Pan Disheng then began, "I am very interested in Mr. Yuzuru's investment in Yunhua Plaza in Shanghai."

"Does Mr. Pan want to move in?" Hideki Yuzuru asked.

Pan Disheng said, "That's right."

"Mr. Pan, just contact the leasing department of Yunhua Plaza directly. We've known each other for so long, you should know very well that I won't get involved in such trivial matters."

Hideki Hanyu, who just wanted to relax for two days, didn't plan to talk about work.

Hearing what Hideki Yuzuru said, Pan Disheng felt it was inappropriate to continue the conversation, so she changed the subject and asked, "Then may I attend the completion ceremony of the Shanghai Yunhua Plaza?"

Hideki Hanyu said, "Of course, and I think the country would be very happy to see Mr. Pan invest. If there are no problems with the procedures, Mr. Pan can take my plane tomorrow."

"Then I'll trouble you, sir," Pan Disheng said very politely.

Despite the fact that Di Sheng Group now has a market value of HK$6.7 billion on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Pan Di Sheng, as the founder of Di Sheng Group, is a very wealthy man in the eyes of ordinary people.

However, compared to Hideki Hanyu's skill level, the two are worlds apart.

Moreover, more than half of the Disheng Group's business relies on collaborations with Hideki Hanyu's companies.

Besides Aiyi International and LVMH Group, the fastest-growing business this year is the OGC Shop boutique, which is a collaboration with OGC (Oriental Girl Showcase).

Especially as the OGC fashion show has expanded from Japan to overseas and has been held in various parts of Asia, its influence has grown rapidly, and it has now become the most representative fashion show in Asia.

Thanks to traditional East Asian aesthetics, the OGC fashion show, which is also held twice a year, has surpassed the importance of the four major fashion weeks in Europe and America in the Asian market.

Benefiting from this, OGC Shop stores also entered a period of rapid expansion.

Pan Disheng approached Hideki Hanyu precisely because he wanted to take advantage of the opening of Yunhua Plaza to bring the OGC Shop specialty store to China.

Of course, if it were just about opening an OGC Shop specialty store, there would be no need to alarm the big boss, Hideki Hanyu.

When Pan Disheng facilitated the establishment of OGC Shop franchise stores, he helped the Disheng Group successfully obtain operating licenses for OGC Shop franchise stores in Hong Kong (excluding Japan) and a few other regions such as Taiwan.

This does not include the domestic market.

The size and potential of the domestic market are now clear to any businessman with a little foresight.

Therefore, Pan Disheng's real purpose was to use the pretext of opening a store in Yunhua Plaza to directly obtain the authorization for the domestic OGC Shop specialty store from Hideki Hanyu.

However, Hideki Yuzuru did not talk to Pan Disheng at all.

This left Pan Disheng somewhat confused. Did Hideki Yuzuru see through his thoughts, or did he simply not want to get involved?

Unable to make any decisions, and still coveting the domestic market for OGC Shop's specialty stores, Pan Disheng, unwilling to give up, decided to personally attend the completion ceremony with Yuzuru Hideki.

Whether on the way to Shanghai or after arriving in Shanghai, as long as I can spend time with Hideki Hanyu, there will be a chance to talk about this matter again.

At this point, we must ask, does Hideki Yuzuru know about Pan Disheng's little scheme?

Actually, you can guess some of it.

Under Pan Disheng's management, OGC Shop has indeed developed well in various regions of Asia.

However, due to the collaboration, Pan Disheng also had many disagreements with Cloud Culture, the company behind OGC Shop, and the Japanese edition of Cloud·Fashion, the organizer of OGC.

The most serious issue is that OGC expects OGC Shop stores to coordinate their clothing promotions with the overall publicity of the OGC fashion show.

After all, fashion shows, media, and distribution channels often need to present a unified message in order to maximize the system's influence.

However, the OGC Shop stores, controlled by the Disheng Group, have their own ideas and always operate according to their own judgment of the market.

As the OGC Shop is a specialty store under the Disheng Group, everything from store construction to sales staff training is handled entirely by the Disheng Group.

Therefore, even though OGC has expressed its dissatisfaction many times due to the lack of cooperation from the Disheng Group, it is actually unable to control these OGC Shop stores.

Under these circumstances, it was absolutely impossible for Pan Disheng to obtain domestic authorization from OGC, which is why he turned his attention to Hideki Hanyu.

Hideki Yuzuru had naturally known all the inside information long ago.

As for why he didn't intervene, it was actually intentional.

He wanted to let both models develop freely and ultimately let the market test which model was better.

Is it about proactively guiding the market?
Or should we adjust ourselves based on market feedback?

The OGC fashion show is a brand new product that he created in advance in this time and space.

The fashion industry, however, has its own unique characteristics.

So even he didn't know how to develop in the future, especially with OGC's rapid development and many problems being masked by growth.

The answer to this question still needs time to be verified.

As for the domestic authorization that Pan Disheng wants, Hideki Yuzuru will definitely not agree to it.

First of all, when Pan Disheng chose the Seibu Group, he inadvertently distanced himself from Hideki Hanyu.

Their relationship stopped at the level of cooperation from that point on.

So, did Pan Disheng want to obtain authorization through personal connections?
How can you use something that doesn't even exist?

Furthermore, according to Hideki Hanyu's plan, the OGC Shop will not enter the domestic market in the short term, especially given that the OGC fashion show has no influence in China.

Entering the domestic market too early, before it is mature, will only waste the brand value of OGC Shop.

Therefore, Pan Disheng's painstaking trip to Shanghai, though it hasn't even begun, is already destined to end in failure.

...As the afternoon approached, the cruise ship docked at Xiangshan'ao, marking the start of the second phase of the trip.

However, to Hideki Yuzuru's surprise, after disembarking, he had to separate from the others, including Chen Heng who was with him.

The reason was that after disembarking, he was greeted by the gambling king, who invited him to his home for dinner.

Hideki Hanyu accepted the invitation, and naturally had to say goodbye to the others.

Seeing Hideki Hanyu get into the gambling king's car and leave, Miss Yuan, who was still resentful because of being rejected by Hideki Hanyu, walked up to Chen Heng and mocked him.

"What good is temporary success if you still end up being left behind by others?"

Faced with Miss Hong Kong Yuan's mockery, Chen Heng simply said, "That's still better than someone else. Even if she shamelessly clings to him, no one else wants her."

"Who are you talking about?"

Miss Yuan has never been one to have a good temper, and she confronted him on the spot after being told off.

Chen Heng looked at Miss Yuan with a puzzled expression, "Did I mention your name?"

"you……"

Miss Yuan seemed about to lose her temper.

Just then, Hideki Hanyu's assistant found Chen Heng.

"Miss Chen, Mr. Yuzuru asked me to tell you that he originally agreed to go shopping with you, but he couldn't go because of the gambling king's invitation."

However, the shopping itinerary will remain unchanged; I will accompany you throughout, and I will pay for all expenses.

Upon hearing his assistant's words, Chen Heng's face instantly lit up with joy. After giving Miss Yuan a smug look, he turned and left with his assistant.

Watching Chen Heng leave triumphantly, Miss Yuan gritted her teeth in anger.

Just then, Luo Zhaohui, who had rested for a day but still had dark circles under his eyes, walked up to Miss Yuan and asked her in a seemingly considerate manner.

"Miss Yuan, are you alright?"

Miss Hong Kong, Yuen, angrily spat out three words, "I'm fine!"

Luo Zhaohui didn't mind Miss Yuan's attitude. Instead, he continued to act like a warm man and asked, "Miss Yuan, if you're unhappy, I can keep you company."

Miss Hong Kong, Ms. Yuen, asked, "What if I want you to come shopping with me?"

Luo Zhaohui thought of Yu Sheng Hideki's suggestion last night, and since they couldn't get along emotionally, he decided to use money to win her over, and immediately agreed.

"no problem."

Miss Hong Kong, Yuen, pointed at the departing Chen Heng and asked, "What will she buy? Can you buy me something better and more?"

Upon hearing this, Luo Zhaohui almost couldn't help but refuse on the spot.

Although he had already decided to spend money to win over this Miss Hong Kong, he had no intention of being taken advantage of.

Hideki Hanyu's extravagant spending on women is something he could never imitate.

If Chen Heng buys millions of dollars worth of stuff in one go, does that mean he should also spend millions on Miss Yuan? His money doesn't grow on trees.

But considering how hard it was to get this opportunity, it's been a long time coming.

Think back to Chen Heng's act of returning the check to Hideki Yuzuru last night.

Luo Zhaohui thought Chen Heng should be a sensible girl and would definitely not spend too much of Yu Sheng Hideki's money.

So after a slight hesitation, Luo Zhaohui immediately agreed, "I can!"

"Then I'll be your date."

Miss Yuan grabbed Luo Zhaohui's arm and led her men to chase after Chen Heng.

At this moment, Luo Zhaohui, who had already made a boast in Haikou, had no choice but to bite the bullet and go for it.

And so, on the morning of October 30th.

On the cruise ship back to Hong Kong, Hideki Hanyu saw Luo Zhaohui with a dark expression.

"what happened to him?"

Hideki Yuzuru pointed at Luo Zhaohui and asked Deng Jiaming, who was standing next to him, with a puzzled look.

"Haha."

Before Deng Jiaming could answer, he couldn't help but chuckle.

Then Luo Zhaohui immediately shouted angrily, "If you laugh again, we're breaking off our friendship!"

"So, what happened?"

The reactions of these two people only fueled Hideki Yuzuru's curiosity.

Meanwhile, Zhao San Gongzi, Liu Luanxiong, Cheng Long, Pan Disheng and other acquaintances who had gathered around because of Yuzuru Hideki were all curiously listening.

Deng Jiaming urged, "Ah Hui, this is a big shot asking you, so you'd better tell the truth."

"I don't want to say, you say it." Luo Zhaohui looked angry.

However, the perceptive Hideki Hanyu still noticed a hint of shame and indignation in her expression.

"Then I'll tell you."

As Deng Jiaming spoke, he began to explain in detail to Hideki Yuzuru what had happened.

It turns out that after docking at Xiangshan'ao yesterday afternoon, Luo Zhaohui, who was spending money to woo Miss Hong Kong, agreed to Miss Hong Kong Yuan's request to compete with Chen Heng.

Luo Zhaohui originally thought that Chen Heng was a sensible girl who wouldn't squander Yu Sheng Hideki's money.

However, once inside the mall, Chen Heng's behavior completely surprised Luo Zhaohui.

Chen Heng shopped non-stop in various luxury brand stores, spending over two million Hong Kong dollars by the time he left.

Not wanting to lose face, Luo Zhaohui had no choice but to bite the bullet and spend over two million on Miss Yuan as well.

Hearing Deng Jiaming say this, everyone was at a loss for words, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Liu Luanxiong patted Luo Zhaohui on the shoulder and said, "Ah Hui, you really have guts to compete with Mr. Yuzuru in terms of wealth."

Luo Zhaohui said with a wry smile, "I saw that Miss Chen return the check to the big boss the night before last, and I thought she was a sensible girl."

Upon hearing Luo Zhaohui's words, Hideki Yuzuru expressed his helplessness.

"Ah Hui, don't you understand yet what the girl who accepted the invitation to board this ship really wants?"

Chen Heng was willing to return the check to me not because she was sensible, nor because she wasn't greedy, but because she wanted something more valuable than the check.

Luo Zhaohui said with a resentful look, "Boss, why didn't you tell me sooner?"

Hideki Hanyu said irritably, "How do I know you can't even see that?"

Liu Luanxiong patted Luo Zhaohui on the shoulder again to comfort him, "The money is spent, but she is, after all, a Miss Hong Kong. It's not a waste of money. You've gotten what you wanted."

Jackie Chan also casually advised, "That's right, among all of us, you're the only one who managed to win over a Miss Hong Kong, even better than your boss."

As soon as the two finished speaking, Deng Jiaming burst out laughing.

She then blurted out, "He slept with me last night."

Upon hearing this, everyone stared at Luo Zhaohui in disbelief.

"You spent so much money, you wouldn't even..."

Hideki Yuzuru said half a sentence to Luo Zhaohui, then shook his head.

"You really are a sucker."

(End of this chapter)